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Barcelona has all the earmarks of being making a genuine push for Chelsea to defender Antonio Rudiger.
The middle back's representative and stepbrother Sahr Senesie was spotted by Germany's Sky Sport allegedly leading a gathering with Barca brandishing chief Mateu Alemany and counsel Jordi Cruyff at a five-star inn in Barcelona on Wednesday night.
Sky Sports report that the gathering went on for three hours as Barca attempted to leap to the front of the line in the jam-packed race for Rudiger's mark.
The 29-year-old remaining parts a vital figure for Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel, yet his future is as yet dependent upon critical uncertainty with his agreement due to lapse this late spring, and exchanges over a rewarding augmentation stopped following the Government sanctions put on Roman Abramovich that tossed the club into the disturbance.
Rudiger has been allowed to arrange pre-contract terms with abroad admirers since January, with any semblance of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Paris Saint-Germain likewise said to be keen on an arrangement.
Prior to March, reports from Italy guaranteed that Juventus had secured a concurrence with the German global.
Notwithstanding, Barca - resurgent under the administration of club symbol Xavi - presently is by all accounts effectively attempting to scupper the Serie A goliaths and add to the take of Chelsea safeguards possibly coming to their direction toward the finish of the period.
Like Rudiger, Andreas Christensen is out of agreement toward the finish of the period and Barca president Joan Laporta has everything except affirmed Dane's unavoidable marking alongside that of Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie from AC Milan.
In the interim, veteran Chelsea commander Cesar Azpilicueta is additionally broadly expected to make a beeline for Barcelona once his own Blues contract runs down in June.
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